Retention Effect of Basic Life Support Education Program on Attitude, Knowledge, Skillfulness for Nursing Students.
10.5977/jkasne.2017.23.4.441
- Author:
Myeong Sook AHN
1
;
Hyun Sook JO
;
Dong Choon UHM
;
Hyun Hee JI
Author Information
1. Doctoral student, College of Nursing, Gachon University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
Nursing;
Education;
Attitude;
Knowledge
- MeSH:
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation;
Curriculum;
Education*;
First Aid;
Heart Arrest;
Humans;
Incheon;
Nursing*;
Students, Nursing*
- From:Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
2017;23(4):441-451
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was done to identify the retention effects of a basic life support training program for nursing students on their attitude, knowledge, and skillfulness. METHODS: A one-group repeated posttest design was employed for this study. The subjects included 44 junior nursing students from Gachon University in Incheon. Data were collected by a structured questionnaire test immediately after, 3 months after, 6 months after, and 9 months after the training respectively from May 2014 through March 2015. RESULTS: The respective attitude, knowledge and skillfulness score on BLS of the nursing students had reduced significantly at 3 months after (p<.001), 6 months after (p<.001), and 9 months after (p<.001, p=.011 for Attitudes) the training compared to immediately after the training. CONCLUSION: Re-training on basic life support for nursing students should be implemented within 3 months for retention of educational effects. Thus, it is recommended that basic life support training programs, including a curriculum for nursing students, is developed to support re-training. And it is expected that the improved skills of nursing students on basic life support would contribute to the successive first aid nursing for patients at risk of cardiac arrest.
